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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,466, dated November 6, 1888.

Application tiled June 22,1888. Serial No. 277,881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HIRAM S. SnUn'rLnrr, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shaving-Glasses, of which the following` is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying` drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to a portable shavingglass provided with an adjustable clamp or supporting device, whereby it is adapted to be supported or suspended from a window-frame, gas-fixture, or other similar device in a position opposite the face of the user.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a glass having the features of my invention. Fig. 2 represents the application of the glass to a gas-fixture. Fig. 3 is a detail View,- principally in section, to further illustrate the same. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective illustrating a slight modification in construction. Fig. 5 is an elevation thereof. Fig. Gis a detail View of the jaw-hinge. Fig. 7 represents the glass as attached to the crossbar of a window-frame.

A represents the back of the glass; A', the holding attachment. It is represented as comprising the jaws a c', by which the glass is secured to the cross-bar of a window, as represented in Fig. 7, and as having the adjustable holders or clamps a a, by which it is secured to a burner of a gas-fixture (sec Fig. 3) or other vertical support.

As it is desirable that the glass should be as small as possible vto take up little room in packing, it is preferable that it should be made oblong in shape, and when ol' this shape it is desirable of course in use to have its length vertical, or substantially so; and to provide opportunity for attachment to any of the usual supports found in a bed or toilet room it is desirable that the jaws a c be attached to the back of the frame, so that the elevation of the glass may be varied, and also so as to permit the jaws and the clamps to lay hold of vertical as well as horizontal supports. For this rcason I have represented the jaws as having two movements in relation to the mirror-backfirst, a vertical movement upon the are of a circle, and, second, a horizontal turning movement; and to provide theV vertical movement I have represented the jaws as secured to the mirror-back by a rod, B, the upper end of which is flattened and extends between two ears, b b', which. are secured to the mirrorback by the plate b2, of which they are a part, and this flattened section of the rod is held between the ears by a bolt or screw, b3, and thnmb-nut b4, the screw and nut acting to close the ears upon the flattened portion of the rod and t0 clamp it and the jaws at any desired angle in relation tothe mirror-back. To permit thejaws and clamps to engage the vertical bar or support, it is necessary that the jaws should be turned a quarter-revolution in relation to the mirror-back, and this Iaccomplish by causing the attachmentbetween the jaws and the rod B to be a stiff swivel attach` ment, and this is represented as obtained by enlarging the upper end of the rod B to form a somewhat wide bearing end, b5, against which an ear, b, on one of the jaws is held by a screw or rivet, bl, sufliciently rigidly or ilrmly to clamp it, but not to lock it rigidly in said position, so that the jaws may be turned up on the end of the rod B, and after they are turned will stay or remain in such position. For the jaws c a and clamps a2 a, I have represented two ilat metal arms which are provided with inward-extending ears, the jaw a having the ears c, and the jaw a the ears ai. These ears are connected together by the pivot a, A spring, al, serves to force the ends as from each other and the jaws a c toward each other or closed. The ears c* a5 are extended forward from the pivot and are cut out to form the grasping rccesses a a3. I would say, however, that, so far as the broad features of my invention are concerned, I do not confine myself to the particular forms of construction herein represented, as there are many mechanical equivalents for the said devices, some of which are equally good if not better than those herein Shown.

In Figs. 1., 5, and 7 I have represented the jaws as secured by ears to the plate b2, and the said plate is connected by a screw and thumbnut to a second plate secured to the back of the mirror-frame. The screw and thumb-nut permitpthe horizontal turning of the jaws,

vI OO and they are fastened in any desired position, and are in fact the equivalent of the stiff swivel-joint above described.

It will be observed that thejaws can also be used fora rest for supporting the mirror or glass upon a table or other support, as represented in Fig. l. The swivel-joint between the jaws and the mirror-back to permit of the horizontal turning or rotation of the jaws in relation to the back need be stiff only when the relation of the `jaws to the back of the mirror is such that the mirror or glass will not turn by gravity to present its longest diameter vertical.

In lieu of the spring for closing the jaws a af, or in addition thereto, there niay be used a set-serew passing through one of the jaws at its upper end and bearing against the inner surface ofthe other to forcibly move the jaws toward each other and to hold theni clamped or locked in such position.

In lieu of the holding-clamps ai ai, the jaws a. a may have holes c, as represented in Fig. 4, by which the supporting or holding device may be hung upon a gasburner.

Having thus fully described lny invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl. As an improved article of manufacture, a shaving-glass and an attached grasping device or clamp connected with the mirror-back by a pivot to swing outwardly from the foot thereof, whereby it acts both t0 suspend the mirror, and also as astay in supporting it upon a level surface, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a shavingglass, of the glass with a grasping or holding device comprising a pair of grasping-jaws having two sets of engaging orgraspingfaees or edges, one of which is arranged at right angles to the other, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the mirror-back, a clamp or grasping device comprising thcjaws a a', one of Which is movable toward and from the other, and one of which is connected With the mirror-back by an interposed swivelingrod, B, and a clamp for securing said rod to the mirrorAback in any desired position, sub stantially as described.

HIRAM S. SHURTLEFF.

Wi tn esses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, J. M. DoLAN. 

